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Tribal Nations to Gather in the Berkshires to Honor Indigenous Peoples’ Day

Name: Tribal Nations to Gather in the Berkshires to Honor Indigenous Peoples’ Day
Start: 2022-10-08T19:30:00-04:00
End: 2022-10-08T19:30:00-04:00
Location: Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center

Arts and Crafts Show, History and Heritage, Holidays

October 8 | 7:30 pm

|Recurring Event (See all)
One event on October 9 at 7:30 pm
One event on October 10 at 11:00 am

Fifteen tribal nations, including the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of the Mohicans, will join a celebration of Native American culture in South County on the weekend of Oct. 8-10.

The public is invited to join these immersive events:
Saturday, Oct. 8, 7:30 p.m. Honoring Native America at the Mahaiwe PAC, Great Barrington
Sunday, Oct. 9, 7:30 p.m., Indigenous Voices Panel, Kripalu, Lenox
Indigenous People’s Day, Monday, Oct. 10, 11 a.m., Ceremonial Walk, 334 Main St., Great Barrington

Honoring Native America includes a virtual message from Carlos Nakai, the world’s premier performer of the Native American flute; songs from the Stockbridge-Munsee Powwow Drum Family, GiiTaa’se Singers and renowned, traditional singer and performer, Joan Henry; NAACP-Berkshires President, Dennis Powell, awarding Larry Spotted Crow Mann of Okheteau Cultural Center with the first-ever Indigenous Award; and keynote speeches from Rhonda Anderson, Western Massachusetts Commissioner on Indian Affairs; and Grandmother Margaret Behan from the Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers, with Chief Justice Emeritus Robert Yazzie and Cheryl Fairbanks, Esq. speaking about Indigenous PeaceMaking.